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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1998

Page

3

FDA approves tamoxifen to reduce breast cancer risk

The FDA cleared tamoxifen for healthy women at very high risk to cut cancer odds. It lowers risk by 44 percent in high risk groups but raises serious side effects including uterine cancer, clots, and cataracts. Doctors must weigh benefits and risks and educate patients before use.

Washington Food and Drug Administration FDA Michael Friedman Kathy Albain Loyola University Medical School Albain National Cancer Institute Zeneca Inc Harmon Eyre American Cancer Society

Adults can grow new brain cells in hippocampus experts say

Researchers report BrdU labeling in hippocampal neurons from five adults aged 50s to 70s, indicating new neuron formation. The finding challenges the belief that adult brains do not generate new neurons and raises hopes for therapies in stroke Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, though functions and placements are still uncertain.

New York Ira Black Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway N.J Nature Medicine Fred Gage Salk Institute For Biological Studies la Jolla Calif Peter Eriksson Sahlgrenska University Hospital Goteborg Sweden

Shark cartilage shows no benefit in advanced cancer study

The first careful human trial finds shark cartilage powder ineffective for terminal cancer patients. Fifty thousand U.S. victims reportedly tried it, with 60 patients in the three month study conducted largely by the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Independent Cancer Treatment Research Foundation Arlington Heights Ill

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